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THE PATENTING OF AN INVENTION: A GUIDE FOR THE DREV SCIENTIST

The document describes the procedures and mechanisms available to the inventors in their pursuit of patents of inventions. It is a guide rather than a specialized document: the legal complexities which could have confused the issue have been left out. First, the concepts of invention, patentable inventions, applications for patents and patents are introduced and, then, the governmental office and specialists are described as well as the relevant documents and mechanisms. The case of the DREV inventor receives special consideration: his duties and responsibilities and the awards that may be granted when an invention if field and a patent develops are explained.